Re: Intel-compatible 64 bits CPUs

No Spam wrote:

> Interesting.  Are you saying that the same binary will run faster on a 
> P4 than on the AMD64s?  Or are you saying that the AMDs lack some 
> instruction or other feature that will always make them slower than a P4 
> for video compression?

No, I am saying that the Pentium 4 "Netburst" architecture was designed 
to do chores such as video compression really well.  Any job that 
requires little state to be maintained but requires lots of data flow, 
will work best on a Pentium 4 or related chip.

It is like the difference between a Top Fuel Dragster and a Grand Prix 
race car.  Both are designed for the ultimate performance, but 
performance measured in different ways.

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